IPL 2023: Virat Kohli reacts to his on-field fight with Gautam Gambhir and Naveen ul Haq

The forty third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 noticed Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) tackle Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium on Monday (Might 2). Though the match was a low-scoring affair and RCB registered a complete 18-run victory over LSG, the venue turned into an extreme battleground witnessing a heated argument between RCB star Virat Kohli and a few other LSG team members.

The verbal spat occurred after the match when LSG pacer Naveen ul Haq had an alternate of phrases with Virat. Quickly after, the Lucknow-based workforce mentor Gautam Gambhir was seen intervening and pulling away his opening batter, Kyle Mayers, whereas the latter was having an intense dialogue with Virat. Later, Gambhir additionally misplaced his cool and charged aggressively in the direction of the previous India captain, which led to an absolute ruckus on the sphere. Alternatively, Virat appeared to elucidate issues to the veteran India cricketer earlier than RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and Lucknow spinner Amit Mishra separated him.

The incident grew to become a significant speaking level on the web, with netizens reacting to the ugly battle in giant numbers. Whereas some referred to as out Virat for his aggressive behaviour, many slammed Naveen for his conceitedness. Amidst all this, the official Twitter deal with of RCB additionally shared a video through which Virat reacted strongly to the win and in addition had his say on the on-field verbal spat.

Within the clip, Virat might be heard saying, “For those who may give it, you gotta take it.”

“In any other case don’t give it,” he added.

Right here’s the video:

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Notably, Virat referred to the animated celebrations of LSG gamers that they pulled off of their earlier fixture in opposition to RCB on the Chinnaswamy stadium.

The 34-year-old additionally even took to his official Instagram story and responded to his critics by sharing a quote from well-known Stoic thinker Marcus Aurelius that learn: “Every part we hear is an opinion, not a reality. Every part we see is a perspective, not the reality.”